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The Philosopher
ye soferayns all dyscrete & excellent
Before whom thys dyalog shewyd hath be
Touchyng iij. poynts by wey of argument
Furst what is gentylnes & what nobylyte
And who shulde be chose to hye auctoryte
Thys questyons they be so hye and sottell
Few dare p̄sume to dyffyne them well
Before whom thys dyalog shewyd hath be
Touchyng iij. poynts by wey of argument
Furst what is gentylnes & what nobylyte
And who shulde be chose to hye auctoryte
Thys questyons they be so hye and sottell
Few dare p̄sume to dyffyne them well
yet I thynk now vnder your coreccyons
The thyng that makyth a gentylman to be
ys but vertew & gentyll condycyons
whych aswell in pore men oft tymys we se
As in men of grete byrth or hye degre
And also vycious & churlyssh cōdycyons
May be in men born to grete possessyons
The thyng that makyth a gentylman to be
ys but vertew & gentyll condycyons
whych aswell in pore men oft tymys we se
As in men of grete byrth or hye degre
And also vycious & churlyssh cōdycyons
May be in men born to grete possessyons
And forther as touchyng nobylyte
yet standyth much ∥t I thynk doutles
In suffycyencye reason doth agre
But that suffysaunce makyng noblenes
Must nedys be ānexid vnto goodnes
For suffysauns is not the cause pryncypall
That god his noble but hys goodnes wythall
yet standyth much ∥t I thynk doutles
In suffycyencye reason doth agre
But that suffysaunce makyng noblenes
Must nedys be ānexid vnto goodnes
For suffysauns is not the cause pryncypall
That god his noble but hys goodnes wythall
So vertue is euer the thyng pryncypall
That gentylnes & noblenes doth insue
Then these hedys rulers & gouernours all
Shuld come therto be cause of theyr vertue
And in auctoryte they ought not contynue
Except they be good men dyscrete & wyse
And haue a loue & zele vnto Iustyce
That gentylnes & noblenes doth insue
Then these hedys rulers & gouernours all
Shuld come therto be cause of theyr vertue
And in auctoryte they ought not contynue
Except they be good men dyscrete & wyse
And haue a loue & zele vnto Iustyce
wherfore souereyns all that here present be
Now marke well these reasons here brought in
Both agayns men of hye & of low degre
For thys intent only to rebuke syn
For the best wey that is for one to be gyn
To cōuert the people by exortacyon
ys to perswade them by naturall reason
Now marke well these reasons here brought in
Both agayns men of hye & of low degre
For thys intent only to rebuke syn
For the best wey that is for one to be gyn
To cōuert the people by exortacyon
ys to perswade them by naturall reason
For when that a man by hys owne reason
Iuggyth hymselfe for to offend
That grudgyth his cōscyens & gyffyth cōpuncyon
In to hys herte to cause hym amend
But such blynd bestes that wyl not intend
To here no good councell nor reason
Ought by the law to haue sharp coreccyon
Iuggyth hymselfe for to offend
That grudgyth his cōscyens & gyffyth cōpuncyon
In to hys herte to cause hym amend
But such blynd bestes that wyl not intend
To here no good councell nor reason
Ought by the law to haue sharp coreccyon
But then yf the laws be not suffycyent
whych haue be made & ordeynyd before
To gyfe ther fore cōdygne ponyshment
The pryncys & gouernours be bound euermore
To cause new laws to be made therfore
And to put such men in auctoryte
That good men Iust & indyfferent be
whych haue be made & ordeynyd before
To gyfe ther fore cōdygne ponyshment
The pryncys & gouernours be bound euermore
To cause new laws to be made therfore
And to put such men in auctoryte
That good men Iust & indyfferent be
But because that men of nature euermore
Be frayle & folowyng sensualyte
yt is impossyble in a maner therfore
For any gouernours that be in auctoryte
At all tymys Iust & indyfferent to be
Except they be brydelyd & therto compellyd
By some strayt laws for them deuysyd
Be frayle & folowyng sensualyte
For any gouernours that be in auctoryte
At all tymys Iust & indyfferent to be
Except they be brydelyd & therto compellyd
By some strayt laws for them deuysyd
As thus that no man such rome ocupye
But certayn yerys & than to be remouyd
yet that whyle bound to attend dylygently
And yf he offend & surely prouyd
wyth out any fauour that he be ponyhysshyd
For the ponysshment of a Iuge or offycer
Doth more good than of thousand other
But certayn yerys & than to be remouyd
yet that whyle bound to attend dylygently
And yf he offend & surely prouyd
wyth out any fauour that he be ponyhysshyd
For the ponysshment of a Iuge or offycer
Doth more good than of thousand other
And vntyll that such orders be deuysyd
Substauncyally and put in execucyon
Loke neuer to see the world amended
Nor of the gret myschefes the reformacion
But they that be bounde to see the thynges done
I pray god of his grace put in theyr myndys
To reforme shortly suche thynges amys
Substauncyally and put in execucyon
Loke neuer to see the world amended
Nor of the gret myschefes the reformacion
But they that be bounde to see the thynges done
I pray god of his grace put in theyr myndys
To reforme shortly suche thynges amys
And though that I my selfe now percase
Thus myn oppynyon haue publysshed
Or any of my felowes here in this place
In any poynt here haue vs abused
we beseche you to holde vs excused
And so the auctour hereof requyreth you all
And thus I cōmyt you to god eternall.
Thus myn oppynyon haue publysshed
Or any of my felowes here in this place
In any poynt here haue vs abused
we beseche you to holde vs excused
And so the auctour hereof requyreth you all
And thus I cōmyt you to god eternall.
AMEN.
Iohēs rastell me fieri fecit
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